I wanted to take a minute to draw some attention to a few things in this month’s SQL Server Magazine.  If you’ve gotten your copy of SQLMag, you’ll notice poster that's a really great reference guide for SQL Server system stored procedures.  This outstanding poster can hang in your cube or office and outlines the function and syntax of ...

I'll be at the Hyatt Rosemont (near the airport) all day on Thursday presenting on Virtualization and Consolidation for SQL Server environments.  Several other experts will be joining me, including fellow SQLblogger John Paul Cook.  There's lots of great content and the training session lasts all day.  There's even a free lunch ...

Spend a Day with the Experts... Unplugged   Featuring SQL Server MVPs Kevin Kline and Hilary Cotter, and SQL Server Expert Jason Hall (Free Event) Location:  Tampa, FL - Westshore MarriottDate:  Wednesday, March 19, 2008Time:  9 a.m. - 5 p.m. *Complimentary lunch and refreshments included.  Join SQL Server MVPs ...

Hi everyone, If you're reading in the UK and especially Londontown, you might want to see if you have time to attend the inaugural meeting of the London Financial District SQL Server User Group.  Get all details are here for the kick-off event on March 6th.  And if you're willing, I'm looking for some tourism advice for ...

Quest is once again hosting one of my quarterly seminars this Wednesday, Nov 14, at the Seattle Hilton.  The seminar is a free, half-day event focusing on scaling out VLDBs on SQL Server and on disk and IO tuning in a SQL Server 2005 environment.  (It is not a sales or marketing pitch!) If you can spare some time on Wednesday morning, ...

I was interviewed by Mark Brunelli, the news editor for Tech Target, which appeared on the website SearchSQLServer.com. Check it out for discussion on SQL Server and Oracle interoperability at http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid41_gci1270206,00.html. (Please note that this link is not available on ...

For those of you who attended our fun and informative PASS session last year on ''Surviving the Data Avalanche'' and VLDBs, you might be interested in attending this year's panel discussion on Virtualization.  Here are the details:   Virtualization and SQL Server in the Enterprise - An Expert Panel Discussion PASS 2007, Denver, ...

I'll be speaking in Detroit on the morning of Wednesday, September 5th and Chicago on the morning of Thursday, September 6th in the Quest Software ''Breakfast with the Experts'' series.  If you live in the area, I'd love to see you there.  Details are at ...

If you live in or near Charlotte, then I'd like to invite you to my next in-person speaking engagement.  My employer, Quest Software, is putting on a ''Breakfast with the Expert'' on the morning of Tuesday, June 19th, at the Hilton City Center.  All of the details, such as times and registration info, can be found at ...